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TWO MORE WOMEN BUTCHERED.
TWO MORE WOMEN BUTCHERED. 8TARTLING PERSONAL MAR. RATIVES. THE BERNER-STREET MURDER. The scene of the first of Saturday's outrages ia a narrow court in Berner-street, a quiet thorough- fare running from Commercial road down to the London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway. At the entrance to the court are a pair of large wooden gates, in one of which IS a small wicket for use when tLe ga'3s are closed. At the hour when the murderer accomplished his purpose these gates were open-Indeed, according to the testimony of tbose living near, the entrance to the court is seldom closed. Fur a distance ot 18 or 20 feet from the street there is a dead wall ou each side of the court, the bffect of which is to enshroud the intervening space in absolute darkness after sunset. Farther back some light is thrown into the court from the windows of a workmen's club, which occupies the whole length of the court on the right, and from a number of cottages occupied mainly by tailors and cigarette makers on the left. At the time when the murder was committed, however, the lights m all of the dwelling-houses in question bad been extinguished, whilst such illumination as came from the club, being from the upper storey would fall on the cottages opposite, and would only serve to intensify the gloom of the rest of the court. From the position in which the body was found it is believed that the moment the murderer bad got his victim ia the dark shadow near the entrance to the court, he threw her to the ground, and with one gash cut her throat from ear to ear. The hypothesis that the wound was inflicted after and not before the woman fell is supported by the fact that there are severe bruises on her left temple and left cheek, this showing that force must have been used to prostrate her, which would not have been necessary had her throat bean already cut. HC8I0 AND SONG. At the club already referred to—the Interna- tional Workmen's Educational Club, which is an offshoot of tbe Sociali8t Leavue and a rendezvous of a number of foreign residents, chiefly Russians, Poles, and continental Jews of various nationali- ties—it is customary on Saturday nights to have friendly discussions on topics of mutual interest) and to wind up the evening's entertainment with songs, etc. The proceedings commenced on Saturday, about 8.30.th a discussion on the necessity for Socialism amongst Jews. This was kept up until about 11 D'elock. when a considerable portion of the company left for their respective homes. Between 20 and 30 remained behind, and the usual concert which followed was not concluded when the intelligence was brought by the steward of the club that a woman had been done to death within a few yards of them, and within earshot of their jovial songs. The people residing in the cottages on the other side of the court were ail indoors, and most of them in bed by midnight. Several or these persona rememoer lying awake aod listening to the aiugiug, and they also remember the concert coming TO an abrupt teruaiuatiou, but uuriug the whole of the time troui retiring to rest until the body was discovered no one beard anything ia the nature of a scream or a womau's cry of distress. DKSOBIFTIOM OF TRI: SUPPOSED MCRDKKJCR. The toilowing description has beeu circulated by the police of a man said to have been seen in the cwpany of the deceased during Saturday Age 28 slightiy bUlL; height, 5 t.at 8 inches eom- plexion dark; 110 whiskers biack uiagonal coat; bard felt hat; collar and tie carried a newspaper parcel respectable appearance." PEiiSONAL STATEMENTS. Lewis Diemstritz has made the following 8taioelDeltt I have been steward of the Iuter- natieual Cuab lor six or seven years. I am alMt a traveiW in coram a jewellery. I went yesterday to Westow Hiil Market, a place I usually visit a>n Saturday, at»d I got back about one o'clock th.'s morning. JAy u**al time tor getting home from market is between one and two in the moNttag. I dsove home in my own trap. My pony is rather shy, and as I turned into the yard it struck me that he boee teo much to the left hand aide, against the I walL I befit lilY head to see what it was that be was shying at, and I noticed that the ground was I not level. I saw a little heap, which I thought miftht perhaps be some mud swept t gether. I towebed the heap witu the handle of my whip, and tbeo 1 louad that it was not mud. I jumped off bhe trap aed struck a match, when I saw that it was the body of a wuwao. I did not wait to see whether she was drunk or dead, but ran indoors and asked whether ftey wife was there. I did this because I knew my wife had rattier a week constitution, and anything of that kind shocke her. I saw my wite was sitting down- stairs, and I at oace informed the members that sosoethtBg had happened in the yard. I did not teU thorn whether the wonts was murdered or drwok, becaose I did aot thaa icaow. A mamiber named Isaacs went down into the yard with me, and we strnefc a match. We saw blood right from I the gate up the yard, and then we both went for the pohce, but, unfortunately, it was several minute* before we could bad a constable. At latt another member of the club, named Eagle, who ran out after us and went in a different direction, fouod one 1!0mewb4t.re iu Commercial-road. Tbi" pohcemaB blew his whistle, and several more polioeaien oance ap, and soon after the doctors arrived. The wotnatt seeeted to be about 27 ur 28 years old. Soe was a little bit better dressed, I should say, than the woman who was last mwteeed. Her clothes were not disarranged. She had a flower ia the bosom of her dress. In one hand ane bad some gr .pes, and in the other some sweats. Sue w *s grasping them tightly. I had never seen her before. She was removed about a quarter to frve to Cable-street Mortuary. When 1 hrst saw her she was lying en her left side two y,.rde from the entrance, her feet towards the street. KASLK'A NARRATIVE, Morris Eagle xtates I am a Russian, and am a traveller in the jewellery line. I am a member of the ciut), and was present last mght at the dis- cussion. I weut away about twelve o'clock to take lilY young lady home. I wa.s away with her abuttt 40 minutes, and then I came back to the elvrb with the intention of having supper. There were plenty ot peopie about, both men and women. The front uoor of the club was closed wben I returned, so I passed through the yard and entered at the back. I walked up the middle of the yard. I noticed nothing then. Aiter I bad been in the ciub 20 minutes, the steward came in and said there was a woman lying in the yard. I went down into the yard ans saw the blood, and afterwards assisted to find the police. NOTICED NOTHING WRON". Joseph Lave says :—141 am a Russian,and have recently arrived in England from tbe United States. I am residing temporarily at the club. About twenty minutes before the alarm I went down iuto tbe yard to sot a breath of fresh air. I walked about tor five minutes or more, and went as far 43 the street. Everything was very quiet at that time, and I noticed nothing wrong." WAS IT THK VCBDBBKR? Mrs Mortimer, living at 36, Berner-street, four doors from the scene of the tragedy, saY8:- "I was standing at the door of my house nearly the whole time between half-past twelve and one o'clock this (Sunday) mornimtr, and I did not notice anything unusual. I had jost gone indoors and was preparing to go to bed, when I beard a comtuotiuu outside, and I immediately ran out, thiuking that there was another row at the Sociaitesa' Glut), close by. I went to see what was tbemfttter, and was informed that another dveadful murder had bean committed in the yard adjoining the club-house, and on going inside I saw the body of a woman lying huddled up just inside the plieM with bar throat out from ear to ear. A man touched her face, and said it was quite warm, so that the deed must have boen done while I was standing at the doer of nay house. There was certainiy no noise made, and I did not observe any one enter the gates. It was juet after one o'clock when I went oat. and tOt., only man whom I had seen pass through the staeet previously was a young man carrying a black shiny bag, who walked very fast down the street from the Cominercial- road. He looked up at the ciub, and .hen went round the corner by the board school. I was told that tbe manager or steward of tbe club aad diseovered the woman on his return home in his pouy cart. lIe drove through the gates, and my opinion is that he interrupted the murderer, who must have made his escape immediately, Under cover of the cart. If a man had come out of the yard before o;¡e o'clock, I must have seeu him. It was almost incredible to me that tbe thing c )ui<J have been done without the steward's j wife hearing a ""IS8. for she was sitting in the; kitchen, from whieh a window opens four yards from the spot where the woman was found. The body was lying slightly on one side, with the legs a little drawn up, a* ir in pain. TKX DOCTOR'S STATKMZ\T THE IFTTBDBSSB A MANIAC. In an interview with a reoresentative of the press, Dr Blackwell made a statement, in which he said that about ten minutes-past one he was called by a policeman to 40, Berner-street, where he found the body of the murdered woman. Her bead bad been almost severed from her body. The body was perfectly warm, and life could not have been extinct for more than twenty minutes. It did not appear to him that the woman was a Jewess. Sue wvs more like an Irish woman. He ronghly examined her and found DO otber injuries, but this he could not definitely state uutil be had marie a further examination. The deceased had on a biack velvet jacket and a black drees. In ber hand the heia a box of eachous, whilst pinned in her dress was » flower. Altogether, judging from her appearance, be couMidered that she belonged to an immoral class. He had no d'>obt that the same man committed both the murders. In his opinion the man is a maniac, bat one at least who is accustomed to use ) a heavy knife. His belief was that as the woman held the sweets in her left hand ber head was dragged-back by means of a wills; handkerchief '-1 U th- oa- '<- of Wuiiina hand" *tu*Hre<i -vith bloovt, «Hu "vv* evidemly don. '3 the straggle. He had, iiSikhw, t.o a.»ub'. that t'6 woiij;m'^ windpipe bem* completely cat throng! ■ was t' u, rendered uunc.» to M-tf s un 1).. Hia*„kw-l aoded that :t did >u>" )iia*- 'tat .-be iruifi-re.- wouto bespattered vitb oiootf, n, as ne was sirffic .atly 8lU4I.!t', ila other th -=\ris coutet contrive avoid coming in contact with the blood by reach. ing well forward. THE VICTIM IDENTIFIED. The authorities at Lemau-street police-station are very reticent, and stated, in reply to an inquiry late this evening, that they had no further information to impart. The Press Association has ascertained from inquiries that the woman murdered in Berner-strest has been identified. A woman who is known as 14 One- armed Lis," living in a common lodging- house in Flower and Dean-street, stated to our representative that she bad accompanied Sergeant Thicke to 8t. George's Mortuary, and identified the body as th t of Annie Morris, an aafortunate, living in a common lodging-house in the neighbourhood of Flower and Deaa*street. One-armed li S" refused to give farther information, as she said she bad been instructed to keep t_,e matter to herself.—Another rumour was to the effect that the deceased was a Swede, and bad evidently lived in this country for some yearr, judgiug by the fluency with which she spoke the English language. A Central News telegram, dated midnight, says;—The woman murdered ia Berner-street has been identified all Elizabeth Stride, who, it seem", had been leading a gay life, and had resided lately in Flower and Dean-street. She was identified by a sister living in Holboru. Her husband, who resides at Bath, has lived apart from her for nearly five years. Up to the hour of telrgrapbtng, Stride's murderer had not been dis- covered. Stride is believed to be a Swedish woman from Stockholm. According to her associates she was of calm temperament, rarely quarrelliug with anyone. In fact, she was so good-natured that she would do a good turn for anyone." Her occupation was that of a char- woman. She had the misfortune to lose her husband in the Princess Alice disaster on the Thames some years ago. She had lost her teeth, and suffered from a throat affection.
THE ALDGATE MURDER.
THE ALDGATE MURDER. Shortly before 2 o'clock on Sunday morning, or about three-quarters of an hour after the crime already described, it was discovered that a second woman bad been horribly murdered and muti- lated, this being in Mitre-square, Aldgate, within the cicy boundaries, but 00 the confines of the now notorious district. It appears that Police- constable WatkIns (No. 881) of the City police, was going round his beat, when, turning his lan- tern upon the darkest corner of Mitre-square, he saw the body of a woman apparently lifeless, in a pool of blood. He at once blew his whistle, and several persons being attracted to the spot, he despatched messengers for medical and police aid. Inspector Collard, who was in command at the time at Bisbopsgate police-station, but a short distance off,quickly arrived,followed afew moments after by Mr G. W. Stqueira, surgeon, cf 34, Jewry-street, and Dr Gordon Brown, the divi- sional police doctor of Finsbury-circus. A aiCKXSlNQ DISCOVKBI. The scene then disclosed was a most horrible one. The woman, who waa ap- parently about 40 years of age, was lying on her back quite dead, although the body was still warru, Her heart bad ceased to beat. Tbe body was inclined to the left side, the left leg being extended, whilst the right was Hex. Both areas were extended. The throat was cut half way round, revealing a dreadful wound, from which blood had flowed in great quantities, staining the pavemeub fur some distance round. Across the right cheek to the nose was another gash, and a part of the right ear bad been cut off. Following the plan in the YVhitechapel murders, tbe miscreant was not content with merely killiug his victim. The poor woman's eiothes bad beeu pulled up over her chest, the abdomen ripped completely open, and part of the intestines laid on her neck. A PANIC. When the news ot this additional murder became known, the excitement in the crowded district of Aldgate was intense. Usually a busy place ou a Sunday morniug, Hjuudaditch aud the connecting thorough fares presented a particularly animated appearance, men with barrows vending (rUIL aud eataoles doiug a brisk trade. Crowds flocked to the entrances to the square where the oouy bad been discovered, but the police refused admittance to all but a privileged few. THE SOBNK Of THE MOROSB. Before proceediug further it may be convenient to describe the scene of the murder. Mitre- square is an enclosed place in the rear of Se. ILitberine's Cnurcu, Leadenhall street. It has tbree entrances. Toe principal one, and the only one having a carriage way, is at the southern end leadiug to Mitre-street, a turning out of Aldgate H gh-street. Tuerd is a uarrow court in tne uorth-east corner leading into Duke- street, aud another at the north-west by which I foot passengers can reach St. J-imes-square, otherwise kuown as Orange Market. Mitre- square contains but two dwelling-houses, in oae I of which, stugutariy enough, a city policeman I livaM, whilst the othei is uninhabited. The other buildings, of which there are only three, are large warehouses. In the soutb-east corner, j and near to the entrance from Mitre- attest, is the backyard of some premises, but the railings are closely boarded. It was just uuder these that the woman was found, quite hidden from sight by tbe shadow cast by the corner of adjoining house. Toe officer whu found the body is positive that it could not have been there more tkan a quarter of an hour before he discovered it. He is timed to work his beat" —as it is called-In from 10 10 15 minutes, and is spoken of by his superior as a most trustworthy man. THE POLICE THKOSY I is that the man and woman who bad met in Aldgate, watched the policeman piss round this square, and they then entered it for an immoral purpose. Whilst the wuman lay on the ground ner throat was cut, as described above, causing mstaut death. The murderer then hurriedly proceeded to matilate the body, for tbe wounds, thtrtigh so ghastly, do not appear to have been caused so skilfully and deliberately as in the case of the murder of ABnie Obapmau in Hanbury-street. Five minutes some of the doctors tbmk would have suffioed flK the completion of the murderer's jvork, and be was tb**« euabled to leave the ground before the return of tbe policeman on duty. KXTBAQRDINART INCIDENTS. None of the police on duty on Sunday morning appear to have bad particular attention drawn to the man and woman together, and this appears strange at first, when it is remarked that withiu the last few weeks tbe police have beeu keeping a particularly keen watch upon suspicious couples. The murderer probably avoided much blood staining on account of the woman ueing on her back at the time of the outrage, and leaving the square by either of the couits, he would be abLe to pass quickly away through the many narrow thoroughfares without exeiting observation. But one of the most extraordinary incidents ia connection with the crime is that not too slightest scream or noise was heard. A watch- man is employed at one of the warehouses in the square, anti in a direot line. But a few yards &way, on the otbersid.of the square, acity police- man waasleepmg. Many people would be about in tbe immediate neigbboutbood eV"1l at this early hour, mak'ug preparations for the market, which takes place every Sunday in Middlesex-street (formerly Petticoat-lane), and the adjacent thoroughfares. Taking everything ictto ac- count, therefore, the murder must be pronounaed one of extraordinary dariug brutality. The effect it has bad upon the residents in the east of Ltondon is extraordinary. All day rowde thronged the streets leading to Mitre- squa."e discussing the crime, and the polioe in the neighbourhood ot the square, under Inspector Izzard and Sergeants Dudman and Pbelps, and other officers, were tully occupied in keeping back the excited aDd borror-strickeu peop e. The women, up to the time of writini;, had not been identified, and tbe polioe admit that they have no information which can possibly be termed a clue. STARTLING PERSONAL NARRATIVES. A man named Albert Barker has made the following statement :—" I was in the Three Nuns Hotel, Aldgate, on Saturday night, when a man got into conversation with me. He asked me questions which now appear to me to have some bearing upon the recent murders. He wanted to know whether I knew what sort of loose women u.ed the public bar at the bouse, when they usually left the street outside, and where they were in the habit of going. He asked farther questions, and from bis manner seemed up to no good purpose. He appeared to be a shabby genteel' sort of man, and was dressed in black clothes. He wore a black felt bat, aud carried a black bag. We came out. together at closing time (twelve o'clock), and I left him outside Aldgate railway-station." TBB NIGWT WATCHMAN'S STORY. Morris, the night watchman in Mitre-straet, has made a statement in which be says that, about a quarter to two o'clock, the policeman upon the beat knocked at the door of the warehouse. When be replied, the constable said, M For God's sake, maD, come out and assist me. Anotber woman has been npped open." He said, "All right, keep yourself cool while I light a lamp." Having done so, he accompanied tbe constable to the south- west cor ner of thesquare, where be saw a woman lying stiretched upon the pavement with her throat cu t, and her body horribly mutilated. He then left uhe constable, and proceeded into Aid- gate, wtieue he blew his whistle, and other police officers soon made their appearance. The whole shape of tlVe woman was marked out in blood upon the pavement. In addition to her throat being cut, there were two slashes across the face. one of the cuts almost completely severing the nose. The woman's face was so mutilated that he could not describe what she was like She wore a dark skirt and a black bonnet, and her appearance was exceedingly shabby. The strangest part of the whole thing was that he did not bear the slightest sound. As a rale be could bear the footsteps of the policeman as be passed on his beat every quarter of an hour, so that it appeared impossible that the woman could have ottered any sound without bis detect- ing it. It was only on tbe previous night that he remarked to some policemen that be wished the "batcher" would come ruunrJ Mitre square, and be would "give him a doing." Yet the "butcher" bad come, and he was perfectly ignorant of it. TIm POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION of the woman found in Mitre-square was made this afternoon at the City Mortuary, Golden-lane. The proceedings lasted from 2 30 until six o'clock. D- Thrown, 0' IT y sshury-Ctrcue, surgeon to the eity poliae toree connoted the operations, aod w swu.ssed by Or S< ><ueri», 3:P' Jewry-street, ar 'Dr. G. B. Pi;:llip-, >f 2, Spital-quare. Dr. 8o'ig"Wiuk wis also present. The CUh MI New* u'.dar^ ^-ds that as tbe result of •<i t)\<¡-lIWEv.>m, >r w hown that the details of ■.rw? *•« £ "!w< ^t exactly the sume as in ■BE CH<-=« ■»: ANUTE • <a«n, a certain portion of jbody, it. *ii- mem bared, was nuwing."1
THE PARNELL COMMISSION.
THE PARNELL COMMISSION. Alleged Discovery of the Forger. The Pall Mall Gazette says:—We have good authority for statiug that there prevails in Downing-stceet a profound feeling of uneasiness which nrwiy easily deepen into dismay. Already sttong Unionists are beginning to condemn the Government for the incredible foil, with which it permitted the Attorney- General to identify himself with thSi case of the Times. These gentlemen see plainly enough that if the Times goes down the Government goes down with tt. Therfl is no getting over the fact that the counsel fot the Times is the Attorney-General for het Majesty's Government. It is currently reported that Mr Parnell has succeeded in uuearthing the forger of the letter in the Times, and that this man will be produced and ev.deuce laid against bim which will establish his identity as the original forger beyond any doubt. Under these circumstances we look forward to a victotV which will not only be brilliant, but decisive.
NATIONAL PILOTS'ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL PILOTS'ASSOCIATION The annual conference of the delegates of tb* United Kingdom Pilotage Association commenced in Bristol on Tuesday. CaptalO Cawley presided. Liverpool was represented hy Messrs Gore, W H Co'qmtt, and S R Liversag? i Bristol by Messrs W Selway and J PercivaU Swansea by Messrs D Tamlin and J BeynoO; South Wold by Mr J Herrington; Great Yare mouth by Mr A R Fisher; Belfast by Mr R BMUSon Plymouth by Mr W Brooke Isle of Wight by Messrs S Caws and N Caws Neath by Mr T Jones; Falmouth by Messrs S Collins and G.Oarter Deal by Mr W C Harrison Dover b £ Mr G T Ovenden j Gravesend by Mr T Whittaker; South Shields by Mr R Blair» Dartmouth, Mr R H Benson; and Mr E Jone* (barrister, London) was also present. b The PRESIDENT, in bis address, said at length the legislature, as represented by a select com- mittee of the House of Commons, had made an honest attempt to get at the core of a grave and national scandal. The committee's report was straightforward, decisive in many points, and evinced an honest desire to eradicate many of the grievances the pilots of tbe eountry bad so long submitted quietly to. If com- pulsory pilotage was in torce all over the waters of the Bristol Channel, very many of the 300 lives that were lost two years ago would have been saved. If the legislature could cope with the unlicensed hobblers, it would be a great boon. Mr TAMLYN, of S waiisea, spoke of the leg** aspect of the pilotaee question generally. Mr THOMAS JONBB, of Neath, said while tbe choice pilotage system was an evil, a difficult^ they felt at Neath arose from tugboats vesseU without pilots. The pilots of Neath drawn up a letter, in which they said they like to embody in clause 10 ef the select 6 mittee's report the following:— y That the master of an exempted vessel requiring assistance should be compelled to employ a piiot; and that a tugboat continuing; to tow a vessel'■ pilotage waters tatter a licensed pilot had offered services and had been refused) should then be C°n* sidered as acting in the rapacity of an unqualified an unlicensed pilot. We cannot press this matter too strongly, as we find it to be a e, owing evil and if is notoing done to remedy it we shall eventu .lly our livelihood altoge her for the boats continue to so with impunity, and we believe that must ports stSer to a TT extent from this cause. (Hear, hear.) The UtuteM Kiugilum Pilots' Association con- tinued its conference at Bristol on Wednesday. A resolution was adopted to the effect that óO per cent of annuity subscriptions be divided amongst superannuated members, leaving a balance to increase the reserve. The pilotage committee report was then discussed, and several RESOLUTIONS bearing on it were adopted. Sir John PuleatoO attended tbe conference, and his remarks on the value of the report were cordially received. t In connection with the couference, a banqu8 was held on Wednesday evening? Sir JoB& FCLESTON, who presided, said that unless the interests of the pilots of Great Britain were sustained in a fair and reasonable manner, they must make up their minds to lose efficiency altogether. The pilotage system was oue which should be supported as a great measure for saving life and treasure at sea. Sir EDWARD REED referred to the defences of the country, and said that Parliament was failing in its duty. At the present time they were shutting their eyes to the character of the age IØ which they lived, and the circumstances under which they would have to maintain their inde- pendence and hold their own should a great Conflict arise. Celonel HILL, M,P., spoke in favour of a general system of compulsory pilotage, and with regard to the choice of pilots said some sympathy must be felt for owners, who, with perhaps their all ERPBPRKED in a ship, wished to select their 0"- pilots. Mr CoasHAM, M.P and Mr LLKWELTN, M.PM also spoke. t
THE NEW HEAD-CONSTABLE OF…
THE NEW HEAD-CONSTABLE OF NEATH. At Neath police-court on Monday, before the commencement of business, the JDayor said that this being the first time he had sat since the appointment of Mr Evan Evans to the position of head-constable, he desired to con- gratulate him most sincerely upon his appoint- ment. During the laffte number of years he (Mr Evans) had held the position of senior sergeant* he bad discharged hs duties in such a manner as to merit the high approval of the town council and the burgesses generally, and he had no doubt that he would till his present more responsible position with the same efficiency.—Mr S. T. Evans, the senior advocate in court, said he desired to endorse what the mayor had said. He had known Mr Evans for many years, and could bear testimony to the sterling integrity of his character. Mr Head-Constable Evans briefly replied.
THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AT lLANTRISSANT,-
THE ATTEMPTED MURDER AT lLANTRISSANT, At the Pontypridd police-court on Wednesday vi? the Stipendiary (Mr Ignatius Williams) and Mr Blandy Jenjsiue—the hearing ,f the charge against John Jones, Thomas Adams, and Robert Jenkins, all ot Llautwit, for attempting to murder David Evans, at Coedpenmaen, on the 2nd ot September, was igain proceeded with, Mr Khys appearing for the defence. Full particulars or this case have already appeared in oureolamns. Adams and Jenkins were discharged, but Jones was committed to tbe assizes 011 the full charge.
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WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT P I
WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT P I Great indignation is baiDJ expressed in all parts of the metropolis thia evening at tbe inability of the police to prevent the recurrence of tbe outrages. With each fresh murder in the Whitechapel series public alarm has been accentuated, and ualess something can soon be aone to restore confidenoe in the detective powers of the police, a panic will be the result. Nothing but the murders is talked oL and tbe question is being frequently aske 1, Why do not the police resort to more drastic measures t II Attention is drawn to the success which attended the use of bloodhounds in connection with the Blackburn murder, aud it ia seriously suggested that similar methods should be adopted in the Eaet-end of London. That both the metro- politan and city police recognise the gravity of the present crisis is proved by the fact that Major Smith, of the latter force, has bad long interviews with Sir Charles Warren at SJpotland Yard to-day. Amongst the force there is a strong feeling that the old practice of offering Govern- ment rewards should be revived, and a large section of the public endorse this view. In view of the mystery which surrounds the whereabouts of the murderer or murderers, it might be suggested that the police authorities should take the constables into their confi- dence, and for the time being, considering the exceptional circumstances attending the murders, to put aside a very stringent rule of the service, tbe enforcement of which, under ordinary con- ditions, is absolutely necessary. For instance, it is by no means unusual for a constable doing duty in the streets to have suspicious incidents come under bis observation of which he took no notice until after he learns of a crime such as has just rekindled public indignation. Under existing circuwltanced an officer who made knowo such "negligence" wculd undoubtedly be dismissed the service, and in view ofthisitcanoot be expected that an officer would knowingly bring about his own discharge. The information which he might be able to give would possibly be of the greatest importance as regards a case such as the present, but it is withheld for the very reason that uuless the authorities relax their severity, the man would be bringing about his own downfall. It seems as though exception must be made to several existing rules in order to bring to justice the East-end murderer or murderers, therefore, it will not be inopportune to suggest that the police will be ably assisted if a Government reward is at once offered, the terms of which should apply both to the police and the public. The Press Association understands that certain instructions have been telegraphed to-day by the metro- politan police authorities to the different seaport towns where there is communication with the continent concerning the two murders. The police have no clue to the murderer in either case, nor do they profess any hope of discovering one. He has disappeared without leaving a trace of the faintest kind, and there is nothing what- ever upon which the detectives can work. A woman's aproa was yesterday found in Goulston- street which is believed to have belonged to the deceased woman. It is suggested, therefore, that the murderer travelled to Mitre-square, the scene of the second murder, by way of Goulsfon-street, and took away the apron for the purpose of clean- ing his weapon upon it. In the case of both of the murders, the assassin had a very narrow escape from detection. The evidence that is forthcoming establishes the tact that the murderer commenced operations first in Barner. street. Here the cume was committed as nearly as possible at one o'clock, and it is very-probable that the man was proceeding to the commission of further outrages when he was disturbed by the arrival of Diemstritz. Having failed in his purpose—which, as in the other cases, appears to have been to secure certain portions of the body- he betook himself towards the city, and in Mitre- court bi" second victim was done to death. Berner-street, it may be mentioned, is within a stone's throw of Hanbury-street, where Aunie Chapman was recently murdered, and adj^caut also to Buck's-row, where Mary Ann Nicbolls met her death, and to O-iborne-street, wnerein still another of these unfor. unates was shamefully mutilated. It lies to the right of Commercial- road, going east, and is about eight minutes' walk fiom Mitre-square, so that the murderer has confined his operations to a radius of about a quarter of a mile, and it is witbin that area that th3 police expect to find him-r-if, indeed, be be ever found.
AN EXTRAORDINARY LETTER.
AN EXTRAORDINARY LETTER. The Murder Foreshadowed. The Central News says On Tnuisday last the following letter, bearing the E C. post mark and directed in red ink, was delivered to this agency 25"h Sept., 1808 "Dear EOH, I keep on hearing the police have caught me, but tbey won't fix me just yet. I have laughed when they work so clever, aud talk about beiug on the right track. Tbe joke about Leather Apron gave me real fits. 1 am down on whores I >hau't quit ripping them till I do get buckled. Grand work the last job was. I gave the lady no tiuue to squeal. How can they catch me now ? I love my work, and want to start again. You will soon hear of me with my funny littleg;imes. I saved some of the proper red stuff in a gingerbeer bottle over tbe last, job to write with, hut it went thick and I can't use it. Red ink is fit euough, I hope. Ha I ha 1 The next job I do I shall clip the ladies' ears off and send to the police officers juat for folly, wouldn't yon ? Keep this letter back till I do a bit more work, tlien give it oot straight. My keiie's so nice and sharp, I want to get a chance. Good luck. Yours truly, JACK T. RI1"PG. "Don't mmd me giving the trade name. Wasn't good enough to post this before I got all the red ink off my hands, cur->e it. No luck yet. They say I am a doctor. Now ha 1 laugh ha laugh." The whole of this extraordinary epistle is written iu red ink in a free, bold, cleikiy band. It was, of course, treated as toe work ot a prac- tical j'>ker, but it is singular to note that the latest mlUuers bave teau c.olllmit¡eà witbiu a few days of the receipt of the lettar, and that apparently, in tbe case of bis last victim, tbe murderer made aa attempt to cut off the dar. and that be actually did mutilate the face in a mariner whieh he has never before attempted. The tatter in now in the bands of the Scotland yard authorities.
£1,150 REWARD OFFERED.
£1,150 REWARD OFFERED. LONBON, Monday. The public indignation at tbe inability ot the police by their existing methods to bring to justice tbe murderers of the six unfortunate women who have been so foully done to death in the £ aat End of London, during the past two months, found a practical shape to-day. The barrier of reticence which has been net up on all occasions when the representatives of tbe news- paper press have been brought into contact with police authorities for the purpose of obtaining information for the use of the public has been suddenly withdrawn; and instead of the customary stereotyped negatives and disclaimers of the officials, there has ensued a marked disposition to afford all necessary facilities for the publication of details, and an increased courtesy towards the members of the press concerned. Another direc- tion in which the officials have been aroused to a sense of their public responsi- bility has been by the spontaneous offers of substantial rewards by public bodies and private individuals towards the detection of the criminal or criminals guilty of these desperate crimes. FoUowmg upon tbe refusal of the Home Secretary to place Government funds at the disposal of the police for this purpose, there was mueh dissatisfaction expressed, and the feeling which this refusal provoked, thontth not finding public expression at the time, has been stimulated by tbe more recent crimes to outward manifestation. A meeting of the vigilance committee which has for some time been formed in Wbitechapel was held to-day at Mile End, and a resolution passed calling upon the HOlme Office to issue a substantial Government reward for the capture and eonvietion of the murderer, and a letter embodying this was at onee sent -to the Home Secretary, One of the murders of Sunday mornmg took place witbia tbe precincts of the city of London, and this fact led one of the common councrlmen to-day to give aotiee that at tha next meeting he would move that a reward of JB250 should be offered by the corporation for the detection of the Mitre-square murderer, but the necessity for this step wtM removed when, later in the day, the Lord Mayor (Mr Polydore de Keyser), after coasutting with Col. Sir James Feasor, K.C.B., chief commander of police of the city of London, announced that a reward of £5OOwoaid be given by the corporation for the detection of the miscreant. The proprietors of the FmanouU Nem, a monetary organ, also came forward, ou oebalf of several readers of that journal, with a cheque for £3flO, which was forwarded by their request to the Home Secretary, accompanied by tbe following letf,er The Financial News, Loudon, Oct. 1st, 1888. The Rigut Hon. Henry Matthews, Q.C., M.P., Secretary of State for the Home Depurtpneut. Sir,—In view of your refusal to "ffer a reward out of Government funds for the discovery of the perpetrator Of perpetrator of the recent murders in the Bast End of 1.0D(loo, I am instruct4!ù 011 behaif of several readers of the yiiusndal Newt, whose names and addresses I en' l'>ae, to forward you the aec nipanying etMouefor £ 3C0, and to reque,t Y\>11 to othr that suin for this purpose in th name of the Government. Awaitiog the favour of your reply, I have the honour to be, your obedient servant, (Signed) HARRY H. MARKS. In reply to this communication, the following letter was received to-night by the editor of the Financial News:— October 1st, 1888. My dear Sir,—I am directed by Mr Matthews to acknowledge the receipt of your letter ot this date conta mnu a. cheque for £ 300 whieh y u say has been contributed no behalf of several readers of he Financial New. and which you re desirous should be offered as a reward for the discovery of the recent mtUiders in the East End of London If Mr Malthews had been of opinion that the offer of a reward in these cases would have been attended hy any useful result, be would himself have at once made such an offer, but he is not of that opinion. Umlnr these circumstances I am directed to retum you the cheque (which I widow), and to thank you and the xen'lemen whose namet) you b.1.v.. forwarded, fur the liberality of th^U otilt", whicu Mr Aiiitihews much regrets be is unable to accept. J am, Sir, your very obedient servant, Hairy H. Marks, Esq. K. LF.IGH PSMBERTOM. The proprietor of the Evening Post, which is also chiefly devoted to tbe interests of the financial world, hsvs commenced a subscription list with a sum of 50 guiueas, and has invited other contri- butions towards a reward fund. The total sum available for the purpose of a reward, including the amount promised by private subscription among residents in the East End, is now £1,15.£>, made up as follows » Corporation of the Uillyof London 600 The "Financial inewp" 200 Mr Moutagu, M.P 100 Piivate Residents iu Whiteobapel 200 The £ to»iug Poet" 50 Sokal A STARTLING DISCOVERY as made during this afternoon. Sergeant Madman had his attention drawn to 36, Mitre- street, 3 house a short distance from the spot where the murdered woman was found, and there he found wnat appeared to be bloodstains upon the doorway and underneath the window, as if a parson bad wiped bia fingers on the window- ledge and drawn a blooci-staued knife down part of the doorway. M Hurting, who lives on the pr miaas, said he bad only just before noticed the stains, and tbeu quite by accident. Almost immediately afterwards the same police-officer had his attention drawn to similar marks on the plate-glass window of Mr William Smith, at the corner of Mitre-square, but Mr Smith scouted the idea that they could have anvtbing to do with the murders, as the windows were covered at night by shutters. The discovery, notwithstanding, caused increued excitement for a time in the locality. The only other trace left by the murderer was a portion of an apron picked up in Goulstoa-street, which corresponded with a piece left on the body of the victim, and this seemed to abow that the murderer had escaped in the direction of White- chapel. SOME STARTLING STORIES. The young man, Albert Baebert, of 13, Newnham-street, Whitechapel, made a further statement this morning to a representative of the Press Association as follows :—" On Saturday night, at about seven minutes to 12, I entered the Three Nuns Hotel, Aldgate. Whiie in there,an elderly woman, very shabbily dressed, came ia and ask^d me to buy some matches. I refused, and she went out. A man who bad been standsng by me remarked that those persons were a nuisance, to which I responded It Yes. He then asked me to have a glass with him, but I refused, as I had just called fir one myself. He then asked me if I knew bow old some of the women were who were in the habit of soliciting outside. I replied that I knew, or thought, that some of them who looked about 2S were over 33 tbe reason tbey looked younger bliiUg on accouut (If the powder and paint. He then asked me if I could tell him where they usually went with men, and I replied that I bad heard that some went to places in Oxford-street, Whitechapel, others to some houses in Wbitecbapel-rpad, and others to Bishopsgate-street. He then asked whether I thought they would go with him down Northumberland-allay—a dark and lonely court in Fenchurch-street. I said I did not know, but supposed they would. He then went outside, and spoke to the woman who was selling matches, and gave her something. I believe he returned to me, and I bade him good night at about ten minutes past twelve. I believe the woman was waiting for bim. 1 do not think I could identify the woman, as I did not take particular notice of her, but I should know the man again. He was a dark mau, about 38 years of age, height about five feet six or seven inches he wore a black felt hat, dark clothes (morning coat), black tie, and carried a black shiniug bag." Early this morning a police constable fouud in Whitechapel-road a black-handled knife, sharp aud pointed, like a carving knife. The blade was 10 inches long. A SINGULAR DISCOVERY, wbich is 8up(Jolled to afford an important clue to the murderer, is being investigated this evening by the police at Kentish Town. It appears that about nine o'clock thiitmornmg the pioprietorof the Nelson Tavern, Victoria-road, Kentish Town, entered a place of convenience adjoining his premises for the purpose of pointing out to a builder some alterations which be desired to be executed, when a paper parcel was noticed behind the door. No particular importance was attached to the discovery until an hour later, wheu Mr Chinn, the publican, wh'le reading the newspaper, was struck with the similarity of this bundle with the one of which the police have issued a delicription as having been ieell in the possession of the man last seeu in the company of the woman Stride. Tbepol'ceat the Kentish Toiyn-road police- station were acquainted with the discovery, and a detective officer was at once sent to prosecute enquiries. It was then discovered that the parcel was not picked up, but bad been kicked into the roadway, where the paper burst aud revealed a pair of dark trousers. The description of the mau wanted for the murders gives the colour ot the trousers he wore to be dark. The fragments of paper were collected and found to be stained with blood, and it is stated that some hair vas found also amongst some congealed blood attached to the paper. It was subsequently ascertained from some lads who bad been dragging the trousers through the Castle-road that a poor man picked up tbe article of clothinc and carried it off. Detectives are investigating this strange discovery. THE ARRESTS. During last night aud to-day no fewer than five men were arrested in the East End of London in connection with the murders. Three were at different times conveyed to Leman-street police-station. One was immediately liberated. Another was detained until noon to-day, when hs was set at liberty after giving a statement of his movements. He was found to have been in straitened circumstances,^nd to have passed much of his time in the comulOn 10dginK houses in Whitechapel, bqt there was nothing to show that I ha had anything to do with the murders. The third man was detained until the afternoon, when he, after due inquiry, was also liberated. Of tha two men detained at Commercial.street, one was liberated soon after his arrest, but the other, named Krank R:tper, was kept in custody. It appears that he was arrested late on Saturday mght at a public-house known as Dirty Dick's," near Liverpool-street. He was standing in the bar while under tbe influence of liquor, and made R number of extravagant statements about the murder of Mrs Chapman and Mrs Nicholls. The bystanders sent out and obtained a coustable, and when the policeman entesed he was openly boasting of being the murderer, and complimen- ting himself on the means he had adopted to destroy all trace of his identify. He was removed to the police station, followed by a large aad excited crowd. On being charged, R..per said be had no settled address, and inquiries have patinfied the police that he is not the man wanted, so he was set free later in the day. There was a rumour early this morping that a man had been arrested in Southwark, but no intel- lgence of the fact was communicated t" the city or Whitechapel police. The Duiltu Evening Mails London correspon- dent telegrapns to-day that among tbe persons arrested on suspicion of beiug concerned in the murder is a reporter who imagined that he might confront the murderer if he walked about at night dressed as a woman. He donned female attire and shaved. The experiment, however, failed, for his eccentric appearance caused his sex te be discovered, and he was arrested. POLICE-CONSTABLE WATKINS' STORY. The body of the victim of the Mitre-court murder is so dreadfully mutilated that it is feared she cannot be recognised, except by her tlothes and the two pawntickets found lyng by bar, and the initials D. 0," or "T. C." 10 blue ink on her left forearm. It waa in the south-east comer of the square, on the right of the entrance from Mitre-street, that the body was found by P.C. Watkins. Hit says:—I passed the spot at half-past one, acd there was nothing in the corner then. I came round at a quarter to two, and, entering the square from Mitre-street on the right hand side, I turned sharp vouud to the right, and flashing my light I saw the body ia front of me. Her clothes were pushed right up to her breast, and the stomach was laid bare with a dread- ful gash np to the breast. The throat had an awful gash from ear to ear, tbe bead being nearly severed from the body. It was difficult to ascertain the injuries to the face owing to the quantity of blood. which covered it. I could not say whether one of the ears was cut off. The murderer bad inserted the knife in the eye, and also cut the nose com- pletely off, inflating a frightful gash down the right cheek to the angle of the jawbone. I went and asked for the assistance of the watchman Morris at Ha^etine, Kearney, and Tonge's, and he went for other officers while I sent for Dr S -queira, of 34, Old Jewry, and Dr Brown, and the body was removed to the mortuary." The exact locality of the murder is indicated in the sketch given here- with, which is reproduced from the Star of this evening. POPULAR INDIGNATION. A meeting of the Whitechapel District Board of Works was held this evening, Mr Robert Gladding presiding. Mr Catmur said he thought that the board, as tbe local authority, should express their horror and abhorrence of tbe crimes which had been perpetrated in the district. The result of these tragedies bad been loss of trade to tbe distriet, and the 8toppaKe of certain trades by reason of the women being afraid to pass through the streets without an eseort. The ineffioiency of the police was shewn by tbe fact that but an hour or two after the tragedies in Barner-street and Mitre-square took place, the pout office in the vicinity had been broken into, and mneb property stolen.— The Rev Daniel Greatorex said the emigrante' houses of call were feeling tbe panic to such an extent that emigrants refused to locate themselves in Whitechapel, even temporarily. He ascribed the inefficiency of the polioe to the frequent changes of the police from one district to another, whereby the men were kept ignorant of their beats. —Mr Telfer said be hoped that these recent primes might result in a reversion to tbe old system, by whieh constables were acquainted with every corner of their beats.—Mr G. T. Brown suggested that tbe Government should be com- municated with rather than the Home Secretary j or the Chief Commissioner of Polioe, who were tliemselves really only on their trial. Mr Caram-Hi said the change in the condition of Whitechapel in recent years would suggest an entire revision of the police arrangements. Whitechapel was now a place for the resiuuum of the whole country and the Continent, but it was not so a century ago.—After further discussion, the following resolution was carried on the motion of Mr Catmur, seconded by Mr Bonham :—"That this board regards with horror and alarm the several atrocious murders recently perpetrated within the district of Whitechapel and its vicinity, and calls upon Sir Charles Warren so to locate and strengthen the police force in the neighbourhood as to guard against auy repetition of suoh atrocities, and that the Rome Secretary be addressed in tbe same terms,"
OPENING OF THE INQUEST.
OPENING OF THE INQUEST. The inquest on the boriy of Elizabeth Stride was opened at eleveu o'clock this morning by Mr Wynne Baxter, at the Vestry Hall, Cabl -street, Commercial-road. The body, 011 being viewed by the JUry. presented & dreadful sight, the head being almost severed from the body by one awful guh. William West was tbe first witness examined. He said he lived at the International Working Men's Institute and Club, Berner street, at the side of which is a passage leadiug to a yard. Two latge wooden gates protected the entrance to the yard, and these were sometimes open at night. In the yard there are two or three small tenements. The. dub was a Socialist club, and per- sons all nationalities were eligible foe membership. Witness w. at the ciub on Caturday night from half-past 10 or 11, wben the members were discussing Socialism. The bulk ot the members left the club by the front door before 12 o'ciuck. Witness's business address was 40, Berner-street, but he lived at 2, William-street, Ccrtpmercial-road, whither he went at half-past 12. ".Before leaving he noticed that the gates were .ppeu, but there was nothing on the ground. Morris Eagle, travelling jeweller and member of the club, said he was at the club on Saturday, and left about a quarter to 12. He returned about twenty minutes to one, and as the front door of the club was closed, he went in through the gateway and side door. He saw nothing in the yard. but about twenty minutes later another member announced tfte discovery of the body. Louis Diemstritz, steward of the club, deposed that he returned to his home at tbe c-ub at one o'olock, riding in a kind of barrow drawn by a pony. He drove through the open gates of the yard, when his pony .hied at something on the ground. He felt it with his whip handle, and tried to move ity, but failed, and jumping down at once be struck a light. He then saw it was a woman. He called his wife, and got a candle. When he saw blood he sent for the police, and just before they arrived a man whom he did not know took hold of deceased's bead and showed the wound in the throat. All the people in the club w re searched before they left, and their names and addresses taken. In reply to the coroner, Inspector Reid said the body bad not yet been identified. The Foreman of the Jury But we have been told her uame is Stride. How is that! The Coroner: Something is known of her; she has been partially identified. Inspector Reiu said be would be prepared with further evidence to-morrow, and the inquiry was accordingly adjourned. Mr Wyuue Baxter on Tuesday resumed the inquiry on the body ot Elisabeth Stride, who was found murdered in Berner street, Whitechapel, 011 Sunday morning la*t. The proceeoiugs did not commence until 2.25, aU the jury not being present at two o'olock, the time fixed. The first witness called was P.O. Henry Lamb, 252 H, who said that about one o'olock on Sunday morning last he was on duty in Com- mercial-road, when two men came to him. They were shouting Come on; there's I been another murder." As they got to the corner of Berner-street they pointed down it. He ran down Berner-street, followed by another constable. He went into the gateway of 40, Berner-street and saw something lying on the right band side close to the gate. He turned a light on it, and found it was a woman with her throat cut. He sent the other constable for a doctor, and a man to the station for the inspector. There were about 30 people in the yard when be arrived. He put his hand on the face which was warm. The woman was lying on her left side with her right arm across her breast. The clothes were not disturbed. Some of the blood was liquid, and some congealed. Dr Bluckwell arrivedafew minutes after,and examined the body. The gates were closed while tbe examination 'was going on, and no person was allowed to enter or go out. He examined the club premises and also the hands of the people present, but found no traces of blood. He then weut into the yard and examined the cottages and closets. All tbe cot- tagers were in bed. He had passed Commercial- road end of Berner's-street about six minutes before he was called to the yard, but noticed nothing suspicious. Edward Spooner, F urclough-street, horse- keeper, said aoout 12 30 on Sunday morning be was standing outsitU (lie Beehive publio-house. at the corner of Chrittian-sireet, when an alarm was given. He went into tbe yard at Berner- street. A man struck a light, and witness lifted up the woman's chen, which was quite warm. Blood was coming froia the throat. He cuuld not say if anyone left th. yard. He thought it was about 12 35 when he airived at the yard. Wituess was searched, and gave his name and address before he left th$place, Mary ^lalcolm. Eagle-street, stated that she bad seen the body iu the mortuary and recoguised it as that of her sister, El z.tbeth Watts. She was satisfied it was hefstst.or. She last saw her alive ou the previous Thursday. She came to wituess to aslf for assiirunpe. Witness gave her a shilling and a j -cket. Sue did not know where deceased lived, but thought it was somewhere in the E ist End. Deceasetj was given to qrink. Her age Was 3a her husbaud Was alive and his tather was a wine and spirit merchaut at Bttb. Deceased left her husbaud about eight years ago. She had two cbildrel¡-a, boy and 3 girl. Her husband left her because he caught her with a porter and sent her home to her mother, who died five years ago. Wituuss believed the deceased had been charged with drunkenness, aud let off on the ground of having epileptic fits. Deceased had lived with a mau who kept a coffee house at Poplar, He went to sea, and was wrecked at the Isle of St Paul about three years Itio. Stuce then witness did not think decea ed had lived with anyone. Witness never visited deceased, whose nickname was "Long Liz." Witness bad never heard the name of Striae oetore. Deceased used to come to witness every Saturday for 2s which she allowed her, but she did not come last Saturday. She uied to meet witness at the corner of Cuancery-lane. Witiiflss did not recognise deceased at first, but did so afterwards. Wituess had a presentiment that deceased had come to barm on Suudny morning. At 1.20 she was iu bed she woke up aud heard a noise tike a fall, and also a sound as of kisses. Her husband aiso heard a noise. She was much depressed, and when she read the p*per on Sunday morning she went over to Whitechapel. On seeing the body in the mortuary, 8qe did not at hrst recognise her by gaslight, hut bad doue so since. One proof of deceased's identity was a mark on the leg caused by the bite of an adder when she was a child. Dr Blackwell, of (commercial-road, deposed that when he first saw the body the neck and cheut were quite warm. The silk neck scarf was tightly drawn and the throat was cut about two inches below the augle of the jaw. The windpipe was completely severed. There was no bloou on the clothing. The dress was undone at the top. The injuries were beyoud the possibility of self- infl stion. Wituess had come to the conclumou that th., silk scarf was pulled backwards, but he Could not say whether the threat was cut while she was lying ou the ground or while she was standing, ft might have been done whiie she was in the act of falliug. The inquiry was at this point adjourned. With reference to the evidence of the woman Malcolm, stating that the Berner-street victim was her sister, there is reason to believe that yhe has made a mistake. A Central News representa- tive had an interview this evening with a man who has positively identified the murdered woman as a woman with whom he had cohabited for over three years. He is most positive in his assertion, while Mrs Malcolm at first hesitated a good deal before declaring that the victim was her sister. Mr W. E. Baxter resumed his enquiry on Wed- neaday at the Vestry-hall, Cable-street, on the body of the Berner street victim, recognised up to the present as Elizabeth Watti. The interest in tbe proceedings has in no way abated, and on account of the discovery at Westminster last night, pubhc feeling has become greatly excited. Large crowds of people have assembled outside the vestry-ha 1, tnd eagerly scan tbe police officials, doctors, reporters, and the coroner as they enter the building. Elizabeth Tanner, living at 32, Flower and Dean-street, Whitechapel, said she recognised the deceased as "Long Liz." Did not know her nationality. Deceased told the witness that ber busbanci and children were lost in the Princess Alice disaster. She last saw her alive on Satur- day afternoon, in the Queeu's Head public-bouse, C >mnercial-street. Did not see her again until that afternoon in the mortuary. Witness was quite certain ts to the identity The deceased left a male acquaintance on Thurs- day to live with witness. Never knew that deceased had a relative in Holborn, and never heard the name of Stride mentioned. Deceased who was a Swede, worked among the Jews. Catherine Lane, living with the last witness, said she recognized the body as that of "Long Li; Deceased told witness on Saturday she had had a quurel with a man she left on Thursday. Witness bad heard deceased speak to people in ber own language. Charles Preston, a barber, living at the same address, also identified the body as that of Long Liz," and said be last saw her alive on Saturday. He understood she was born at Stockholm, and eauie to England in a foreign gentleman's service. Deceased also gave witness to understand that her name was Elizabeth Stride. Michael Kidney, living at 38, Dorset-street, Waterside, labourer, said deceased was Elisabeth Stride. He had lived with her nearly three years. She was a Swede, and born three miles from Stockholm. Her husband Was a ship carpenter at Sheerness, and once kePt a coffee-house at Schrisp-street, Poplar. fie was drowned in the Princess Alice disaster. He did not see deceased on Thursday. He saw her last on Tuesday when they parted fhendty- He never saw her again, and oould not account for her disappear ance. She had been away from witness five months. Since he had known her he never neglected her, but treated her as a wife. Witness further stated voluntarily that be asked at Leman- street station for the assistance of a young strange detective, as he had <imiJort.aØt information. He could not get that assistance. The Coroner pressed the witness to divulge his information, but witness only reiterated that he bad the information; Replying to Inspector Reid he said if the police were under his own control he could catch the murderer redhanded. Witness admitted he was intoxicated when he applied at the police-station. Edward Johusfon, assistant to Drs. Kay and Blackwell, deposed t6 being called to see the body, Thomas Coram, irlad ot about 18, produced a knife which be foumf on the doorstep of No. 253, Whitechapel-road, VJ4 hours after the murder. [The knife produced was about 12 iuches long, and the handle was neatly folded in a silk handkerchief, whicb: bad ataios like blood upon it] Joseph Drage, H: ^282, said be saw the boy find the knife; the handle and btade were covered with blood, which had dried OD. The knife was not 011 the step au Hour previously. Dr Phillips next Cgave the result of the post- mortem examinatioh. He said the cut in the throat severedtheprincipalilrteries. There wasadeformity in the bones of the fight leg, but no recent external injuries except to tITe"throat. The cause ot death was loss of blood;*tjd division of the windpipe. Several small artieioff were found on tbe clothes of the deceased after ekttmination. The inquiry was adjourned till Friday. w
A SEQUEL?,TO THE " MURDERER'S…
A SEQUEL?,TO THE MUR- DERER'S LETTER." The Central News says:—A postcard, bearing the stamp "London, October 1," was received 011 Monday morning addressed to the Central News office, the address and subject matter being written in rec and undoubtedly by the same person from whom tbe sensational letter already published wns received on Thursday last. Like the previous missive, this also has reference < to the horrible tragedies in East London, forming, indeed, a sequel to the first letter. It runs as followsj I was not codding, dear old boss, when I gave you the tip. You'll hear about Paucy Jacky's work to. morrow. Double ev^nt this time. Number one squealed a bit; couldn't finish straight off. Had not time to get ears f' r tbe police. Thanks for keeping last letter at* till 1 got to work again.—JACK THE KIPPER. The card is smeared on both sides with blood, which has evidently been impressed thereon by the thumb or finger of the writer, the corrugated surface of the skin being plainly shown upon the back of the card. Some words are nearly obliterated by a bloody smear. The idea that naturally occurs is that the whole thing is a practical joke. At the same time the writing of the previous letter immediately before the commission of the murders of yesterday was so singular a coincidence that it does not 8e.,m unreasonable to suppose that the cool, calculating villain who is responsible for the crimes has cb08en to make the post a medium through which to convey to the press his grimly diabolical humour.
DISTINGUISHED PHYSICIANS INTERVIEWED.
DISTINGUISHED PHYSICIANS INTERVIEWED. A representative of the Central News has interviewed two eminent London physicians for the purpose of ascertaining whether they could throw any scientific light on the East End murders. SIR JAMES BISDON BKNNKTT, of Cavendish-square, West, in the course of a con- versation with the reporter, said;—I cannot believe for a moment that any commission had been given out for the collection of uteruses. It would be extremely easy here, or in America either, for a physiologist to secure this portion of the intestines. All be would have to do would be to apply to the public hospitals, where there are always many paupers or unclaimed persons who are made the subjects of experiments and his demands would be easily met. The notion that the uteruses were wanted in order that they might be sent out along with copies of a medical publication is ridioulous-not only ridiculous, indeed, but absolutely impossible of realisation. My impression is that tbe miscreant is a homicidal maniac. He has a specific delusion, and that delusion is erotic. But it may be that he is a religious fanatic. It is possible that be is labouring under the delusion that he has a mandate from the Almighty to purge the world of prostitutes, and in the prosecution of his mad theory be has determined upon a crusade against the unfortunates of Loudon, whom he seeks to mutilate by deprivation of the uterus. Even if it should transpire that in the case of the Mitre- square victim the uterus is missing, I should not be disposed to favour what I may call the American theory in the slightest degree, and I must confess that it was with considerable surprise I that I noticed in certain newspapers a disposition to readily accept the theory, which the coroner, who investigated the circum- stances attending the murder of the woman Cnapman, first suggested. In my view, the extraordinary cunning which is evinced by the homicide is a convincing pi oof of his insanity. No sane man could have escaped in just the same fashion as this man seems to have done. He must almost necessarily have betrayed himself. It is a matter of common knowledge, however, amongst mad doctors" that lunatics diwplay a wonderful intelligence, if it may be called &0, iu their criminal operations; and I have little doubt that if the murderer were other than a maiiman, he would ere this have been captured by the police. Dr Phillips has stated that the injuries inftcted upon these women have been apparently performed by a person possessing some anatomical knowledge. That is hkety enough but would not a buteller be quite capable of treating the body in this way ? STATEMENT BY DR FORBES WINSLOW. Dr. Forbes Wiuslow, the eminent specialist in lunacy cases, said to our representative :—I am more certain than ever that these murders are committed by a homicidal maniac, and there is no moral doubt in my mind that the assassin in each case is the same man. I have carefully read the reports in the morning papers, and they confirm me in the opinion which I had previ- ously formed. DR. GEOBGB FOY, OF DUBUN. the well-kuowu anatomist, says The fact that the womb was removed from the body of each victim is taken to imply that the organ was the sole object of the murder, and that the crime was committed to obtain it. Every anatomist musi- know that a large percentage of the dead bodies brought to the auatomy rooms are those of the unfortunate class, and that human wombs are plentiiul in the rooms, and from consider- able experience as an anatomy lecturer 1 call say I never knew of auy demand for them as pathological specimens that was not easily met. To excise the womb In its entirety does require some anatomical know- ledge, but not more than any anatomy porter possesses. As for the present crime, we find it carried out with a reckless devilry worthy of a monomaniac, but not to be found associated with the cool villaiuy that characterises the criminal for pecuniary gain. The Whitechapel murderer silenced his victim by a method of choking, or pressiug the lower jaw up against the upper lJne- the method of a bully, but Dot such as a skillful auatomist would adopt, who, of necessity, shou d kuow that a tine slit with a small kuite would ueprive the person of all power of sound. The victims' throats were cut, allowing the large vessels of the neck to pour out blood to the risk of besmearing tbe criminal, a danger which he need Dot have incurred had he known, as an anatomist would have known, how to destroy life; tut 18 not the fact important ill pointing out the ruthless de erminatiou and blind rage oi the deep-Uyed ruffim who has thus dared to carryon his crimes with au apparent eontempt for all law, human and divine!"
BOTH VICTIMS IDENTIFIED.
BOTH VICTIMS IDENTIFIED. Extraordinary Statements. Mr Matthews was engaged for several hours on Wednesday at the Home Office with reference to the murders at the East End, and had prolonged interviews with Sir Charles Warren aud others on the subject, during which the course of action already taken by the police was fully considered, as well as tbe steps to be taken in the future, with a view to the discovery of the criminals. Mr Matthews is understood to have directed that no power in the hauds of the police should be left untried, and that no clue, however apparently unpromising,should be neglected. The understanding between the metropalitau and city police is most cordial. It was conclusively established by Wednesday's evidence at the inquiry on the Berner-street victim, that the woman murdered is Elizabeth Stride, and that Mrs Malcolm was mistaken iu stating that the deceased was her sister. The clue afforded by the discovery of the blood stained knile on a doorstep will be followed up, although it seems certain that the knife was not in the place an hour before it was picked up, and the object of the person who put it there is unknown. Michael Kidney will probably be examined again respect- ing bis pretended special information inconnection with the Mitre-square murder. Tbe principal incident has been the positive identification of the woman by John Kelly, with whom she had cohabited for seven years. This mlln says he first met the deceased in Flower andDean-etreet. Her married name was Conway, and she bad the initials "T. C." tattooed on her arm. She went out ou Saturday uight with the intention of seeing a married daughter in Bermondsey, and, as she did not return, he thought she was staying the night there. Kelly is assisting the police in finding the relatives of the deceased. Kelly is a man who does odd jobs in Spitalfields Market, and be states that last week they were both unable to earn any money. On Saturday morning the deceased pawned Kelly's boots and with the proceeds bought breakfast for him. That was their last meal together. A Bath correspon- dent says that from further enquiries made there it appears that the conflicting evidence in the Berner-street case could be decided if witnesses were called from Bath. The woman Watts could be identified by several Bath persons and also by members of the police force, as she had been charged by the Bath police with drunkenness, and was well-known to some members ot the force. A house to house visitation was commenced on Wednesday in Whitechapel by police and detect!ves.who left a handbill worded as follows •_— POLICE NOTICE TO THE OCCUPIES. On the morninxs "f Friday, August 31st, Saturday ath, and Sunday, 13th September, 1838. women were murdered in Whit" chapel, it is supposed by someone residing in the immediate neighbourhood. Should you know of any porson to whom sUllpicion is attached, you are earnestly requested to communicate at once with the nearest police-sta ion. METROPOLITAN POLICK OFFICE, 30th September, 1888. No mention of a reward is made. An American, who refuttea to give bis name or any account of himself, was arrested to-night on suspicion of being the Whitechapel murderer. He accosted a woman in Cable-street, asked her to go with him, and threatened that if she refused he would rip her up." The woman screamed, and the man rushed to a cab. The police gave chase, got upon the cab, seized the man, and took him tu Leman- street, where ha exclaimed to tbe inspector, "Are you the boss ? He is detained there, as well as two others arrested to-night. There is a general belief among local dettBtives that the murderer or murderers are lurking in some of tbe dangerous dens and low slums which abound in close proximity to the scene of the murders. Houses supposed to be bolted for the night have been found to possess secret entrances. The house in which Annie Chapman was found is said to have this secret means of entrance. The police are stated to be contemplating a series of raids on dens known to contain most dangerous and desperate characters. A Liverpool correspondent states that the letter dated from Pitt-street in that town, and signed II K. T., forwarded to Mr Richardson, 29, Hanbury-street, where Annie Chappaan was found murdered, is a hoax. The premises in Pitt street, Liverpool, are occupied by a very respectable smallware dealer, who is a widow with four children. She has never had a lodger answering to the initials M K. T„" and is very much distressed. She cannot account for her address being chosen, ezcept that some malicious or foolish person has pitched at random upon her house. AN EXCITING SCENE. About six o'clock on Wednesday evening a man, whose name was subsequently ascertained to be John Lock, a seaman, was rescued by the police from an excited crowded in the neighbourhood of Ratcliffe-highway, who were following him, and shouting "Leather Apron" and "Jack the Ripper." The cause was not readily explained. W hen, however, he was examined at the police station, bis light tweed suit was seen to bear stains, which were found to be paint, but which the crowd bad mistaken for blood. His explanation was perfectly satisfactory, but it was some coneiderabie time before the crowd I dispersed and the man was able to depart. LETTER FROM SIR C. WARREN. Sir Charles Warren, replying to a letter from the W bitechapel Dzs'rict Board of Works complaining of the inefficiency of the police, writes that the police forca canuot possibly do more than guard or take precautions against any repetition of the recent atrocities so long as the victims actually, but unwittingly, connive at their own destruction. In this particular class of murders the unfortunate victims appear to taka the murderer to some retired spot, and place themselves in such a position that they can be slaughtered without sound being heard. Sir Charles requests the board to do all in their power to dissuade the unfortunate women about Whitechapel from going into lonely places in the dirk with any persons, whether acquaintances or strangers. He assures the board that every nerve is being strained to detect the criminal, and to render more difficult further atrocities, and he empbati cally denied that any changes affecting the efficiency of the police have been made. NEW THEORIES OF THE CRIME. Mr Forbes has written a letter to tue Daily New upon the motive of the Whitechapel murders, in which, after dismissing many other theories, he leans to the opinion that the murders are the work of a medical student who has suffered from women of the class from which the victims are taken, and who, insane from anguish of body and distress of mind, is punishing that class for the wrong he has recei"ed from an individual. There is alse a story floating about the East- end which is thought by many to contain a possible explanation of the murders. A year or so since a colonist came and settled near Went- worth-street. He had some money, and as soon as the rumour of this got abroad he was seized upon one night by loose women, rifled of all he had on him, and stripped naked in the streets. This so angered him that he went away swearing dire vengeance ou his assailants. Now, the supposition that this ipau is the murderer is not at all probable; but the story, about which there seems no doubt, is none the less a grim comment upon the kind of order that prevails in the streets at the back of Commerciaf.road. Where were the police when this unhappy stranger was robbed and stripped ? THE REIGN OF TERROR IN THE EAST END. From Commercial-road to Aldgate a marked difference is observable in the state of the streets, especially from eleven o'clock in the evening until one in the morning, clearly evidencing that the minds ot people are thoroughly alarmed. Not only are tradesmen complaining that their busi ness is suffering through the reluctance of resi- dents to leave their houses after dark, but there exists, in addition, a widespread fear of further outrage. The central streets still maintain their busy appearance but the dark thoroughfares and alleys on either side are deserted at an early hour. Among the class to whom the victims belonged the misery of intense fear is augmented by hunger and want of shelter. In the darkness and cold of last night there could be seen at street corners, or trying to screen. themselves in doorways from the wind, groups of these ill-clad and fallen creatures, looking very miserable and forlorn, and afraid to venture away from the most frequented thoroughfares, where only they felt safe. Many of them lingered as loug as they could-until moved on by a constable—about tbe railing around a church or a chapel, as if in the belief that within the shadow of a temple of worship there was some protection even for them. The spectacle was a very sad one. AN EXTRAORDINARY CONFESSION. At the Guildhall, London, on Wednesday, Wm. Buli, describing himself as a medical student at a London Hospital, and living at Stannard-road, Dalston, was charged, on bis own confession, with having committed murder at Mitre-square. In spector Izzard said that at twenty minutes to eleven last uight the accused came to his room at Bishopsgate-street police-station, and made the followiug statement:—My name is William Bull, and I live at Dalston. I am amedical student at a Loudon hospital, and wish to give myself up for the murder in Aldgate. On Saturday night or Sunday morning, about 2 o'clock 1 think, 1 met the woman in Aldgate. I went with her up a narrow street not far from the main road, for an immoral purpose. I promised ttl give her balf a crown, which I did. While walking alongtogether there was a second man, who came up and took the half-crown from her. I cannot endure this any longer my poor head (here he put his hand to his head and cried, or pretended to cry), I shall go mad; I have done it, and I must put up with it." The inspector a&ked what had become of the clothing he had on when the murder was committed. The accused said, If you wish to know, they are in the Lea, and the knife I threw away. At this point the prisoner declined to say any more. He was drunk. Part of the statement was made in the presence of Major Smith. The prisoner gave his correct address, but is not known at the London Hospital. His parents were respectable. The inspector for a remand to make iuquiries, and this was granted. Prisoner now said he was irunk when be made the statement. He was remanded.
ANOTHER FRIGHTFUL MURDER IN…
ANOTHER FRIGHTFUL MURDER IN LONDON. A pensioner named Brown, employed as a labourer in St. James's Park, residing in Regent Gardens, Westminster, murdered his wife about midnight on Saturday, nearly cutting off her head with a knife. The woman bad that day applied at Westminster police-court for protec- two, the parties havmg been living unhappily for some time. The woman is stated to have been enceinte. Brown's n.iud is believed to h^ve been affected for some time receutly, and he is said to have thought pis wife was unfaithful. Deceased was a laundress. Shortly before the murder the pair were beard by the neighbours quarrelling. Suddenly the sound ceased. A minute or two afterwards Brown went out, and, proceeding to the uearest police-station, informed the police of what he had done. Ou the police proceeding to the house the woman was found dead, With her throat horribly gashed. Her two little children were crying in the passage, and were taken care of by neighbours, John Brown, 45, was charged at Westminster police-court, Oil Monday, with the wilful murder of his wife, at Regent-gardens. Westminster. It appears that the prisoner re turned home on Saturday night, quarrelled with his wife, and cut her threat with a knife, almost severing her head from her body. He then gave himself up to the police.. It was stated the woman had previously sough*' police protection, the prisoner having beeu strange in his behaviour. Prisoner made no remark, and was remanded.
ARREST OF THE BIRTLEY FELL…
ARREST OF THE BIRTLEY FELL MURDEHER. A Kelso correspondent telegraphs:—The man Waddell, suspected of being the murderer of the youpg woman Beetmore, at Birtley, near Gates- head, was arrested on Monday at the village of Yetholm, about seven mile* from Kelso. During the past week he had been seen in the locality, and his movements excited some suspicion. He pretended to be in search of work, but when anyone offered him work he generally disappeared. It is believed he bad been wandering from place to place witbin a limited distance of the borders of Northumberland, and considerable excitement bas prevailed all along the borders of Northumberland and Roxburgh- shire owing to the frequent rumours current that Waddell was in the neigbbourbod. The police were all on the alert, but though the man wanted was reported as having been seen first at one place and then at another, he managed to keep out of their hands. A man. answering the description of Waddell was supplied with food at various places, but sometimes he decamped before his wants could be supplied. The suspected murderer called at a second-hand clothes shop at Berwick, and made a bargain with the woman in cbarge for exchanging his clothes for an old suit and five shillings. The police have obtained the original suit, and there are suspicious stains on tbe waistcoat It is believed that be has made a complete confession of the crime. The arrest was made by Mr William Stenhonse, a wool-dealer, of Yetholm, who encountered the man on a lonely road on the bills. On being questioned, be admitted that his name was Waddell, and that be came from Birtley, and he stated that the woman Savage was his wife. Mr Stenhouse conveyed him directly, and without resistance, to the police-station. Prisoner Before the Magistrates. The prisoner Waddell, who is charged with the murder at Birtley which created so great a sensation a week ago on account of its similarity to the Whitechapel murders, arrived in Gates- head at ten o'clock on Tuesday morning. Throughout the night crowds had collected at the railway stations and other places to catch a glimpse of the man, but very few succeeded, as the police got him out at the Manors, a suburban station, and conveyed him by cab to Gateshead. Shortly before twelve be was brought before the magistrates, and Superintendent Harrison save notice of his arrest, adding to this that when charged with wilful murder the prisoner merely answered "Yes." As he appeared in court he was really a pitiable object. Of intelligence or spirit his features hardly revealed a spark. The magi$. trates remanded him for eight days, and ordered that he should be next brought up at Chester-le- street.
THE ASTON MURDER,
THE ASTON MURDER, Doing a Whitechapel Job." At Aston, near Birmingham, 011 Tuesday George Nicholson (53), baker, was charged with the wilful murder of his wife, Mary Ann Nicholson. Late ou a recent Saturday evening the pair were left together by two younger members of the family. The husband became incensed against the wife for no apparent cause, and when the son of the deceased returned shortly after, be found that his mother's brains bad been battered out with a hatchet, and the prisoner had disappeared. The prisoner, who has frequently threatened to "do a Whitechapel job, pawned a watch and chain which had been removed from the body of the deceased, and made off, but he was captured in a neighbouring town. He was committed for trial.
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- ANOTHER HIDtOUS DISCOVERY…
ANOTHER HIDtOUS DISCOVERY IN LONDON. A Seventh Woman Murdered and Mutilated. The Medical Examination. Wiling on Tuesday our correspondent says :— Another ghastly discovery was made in London this afternoon. About 20 minutes past three o'clock a carpenter named Frederick Wildborn, employed by Messrs J. Grover and Sons, builders, of Pimlico, who are the contractors for the new Metropolitan police headquarters on the Thames Embankment, was working on the foundations when he came across a neatly done-up parcel, which was secreted in one of the cellars. Wild. born was in search of timber when he fouud the parcel, which was tied up in paper, and measured about two and a half feet loug by about two feet in width. It was opened, and the body of a woman, very much decom- posed, was found carefully wrapped in a piece of cloth, which is supposed to be a black petti- coat. The trunk was minus the head, both arms, and both legs, and presented a ghastly spectacle. I The officials of the works were immediately apprised of the discovery, and the police were fetched. Dr Bond, the divisional surgeon to the A Division, and several other medical gentlemen, were communicated with, and subsequently examined the remains, which were hauded over to the cars of some police officers, who were told off to see that it was not disturbed. From what can be ascertained, the conclusion has been arrived at by the medical men that thelll remains are those of the woman whose arms have recently been discovered in different parts of the metropolis. Dr Nevill, who examined the arm of a female found a few weeks ago in the Thames, off Ebury Bridge, said on that occasion that he did not think that it had been skilfully taken from the body, and this fact would appear to favour the theory that that arm, together with the one found in the grounds of the Blind Asylum in the Lambeth-road last week, belong to the trunk discovered yesterday for it is stated that the limbs appeared to have been taken from the body found yesterday afternoop in anything but a skilful manner. The building which is in course of erection i. the new police depdt for London the piesent scattered head quarters of the Metropolitan police force, and the Criminal Investigation Department in Great Scot- land-yard and Whitehall place, having been found too small for the requirements of the police system. The builders have been working on the site for some considerable time now, but have only just completed the foundation. It was originally the site for the National Opera House, and ex- tends from the Thames Embankment through to Cannon-row, Parliament-street, at the back of St. Stephen's Club, and the Westminster Bridge Station on the District Railway. The prevailing opinion is that to place the body where it was found the person conveying it must have scaled the 8ft. hoarding which encloses the works, and, carefully avoiding the watchman who does duty by night, must have dropped it where it was found. There appears to be little doubt that the parcel had been in the cellar for some considerable time. A man employed upon the works, who was one of the first to see the remains, made the following statement to a representative of the Press Asso- ciation:—I went down into one of the ceUars- which is about 20ft by 15ft in size—to look, and then saw a parcellyilll{ ill a corner, as though it had been thrown there carelessly. I might say that the cellar is really part of the balf-finished basement of what are to be the new police-offices. The parcel was a paper one which could easily be carried under the arm. When the parcel was opened I saw that it contained the trunk of a woman wrapped up in a coarse cloth. In cutting off the legs a portion of the abdomen tv.i been cut a v.. The head and arms were a'«ocut off close to the tiuuL The police have been digging np rubbish, and place where it seem» 1 knly that any more remains could be bidden, but T don't think they have found anything more. T;>p rontent.s of thejjarr were very much decomposed, and lookeu cn..«n# as though they had been in the 1- wher- were found for three weeks or a month. My opinion ia that the person putting the parcel where it was found must have got over the hoarding in Cannon row, and then thrown the bundle down. Another workman saya that the parcel was discovered hy a man whom he only knows by the name of George," who went down to get some timber. In his opinion the parcel had been there for quite three weeks, as it was terribly decom- posed. Another workman, who has a thorough know- ledge of the facts connected with the finding of the ghastly remains, has made the following statement:—" As one of our carpenters was putting away his tools at about five o'clock last (Monday) night in one ot the vaults which are to form the foundation of the main building of the new offices which are to accom- modate the police, he saw what seemed tobeaheapofpsper. AsitisTerydarkinthis particular spot, even during the day, the matter somehow did not appear to strike him as curious or out of the way, his passing thought beiug that it was merely a bundle of canvas which was being used on the works. He consequently mentioned the matter to no one, and having left his tools, came away and went home, thinking no more about the mysterious parcalwhich was to reveal another dreadful crime, probably perpetrated within a hundred yards of King-street police- station, about two or three hundred yards from the present offices of the Criminal Investigation Department, and within 50 yards of the Houses of Parliament. This morning when he went to fetch his tools he became aware of a very peculiar smell proceeding from the dark corner, but at the time made 110 attempt to ascertain the cause. The matter, however, had taken possession of bis mmd, and later on in the day he mentioned the circumstance to one or two of his fellow workmen. They at once decided to tell the foreman. This was done, and the foreman, accompanied by some of the men, proceeded to the spot. One of the labourers was called to shift the parcel. It then opened, and the onlookers were horrified to find that it contained a human body. The legs, arms, and head were missing, and the body presented a most sickening spectacle. It had evidently been dead for many days, as decomposi- tion was far advanced. I never saw such a dreadful sight ic my life, and the smell was dreadful. After we bad got over the first surprise and nausea, we sent for the police, and a doctor was also sent for. We could see that the body was that of a full drown woman, and when the doctor came he said the same thing. Almost immediately after that, Dr Bond, of the Middlesex Hospital, came and saw the body. He found that it was very brown, aud I believe he said that it was the body from which tbe aims fouud in the Thames a few days ago had been cut. The body was wrapped in what looked like part of an old black dress of very common material, and it is a very utrange thing that other parts of the same dress h*ve been found in other parts of the yard. The police took possession of the remains, and gave orders that no stranger was to be admitted to the enclosure. How long do I think it possible tbe body could have been lying there! Well, it could not have been where we found it above two or three days, because men are frequently passing the spot. The place is very dark, and it is possible that it might have escaped notice on that account, but now I come to think of it, I know for a fact that it was not there last Friday, because we had occasion to do something at that very spot." Asked for his opinion as to how the parcel got into such a curious place, our informant seemed taken aback at the simplicity of the question, but said that he could not possibly conceive. The person who put the bundle there could not very well have get into the enclosure from the embankment side, as not only would the risk of detection be great, but he would stand a good chance of breaking bis neck. He further stated that the parcel must have been f;ot in from the Cannon-row side—a very dark and onely spot, although within twenty yards of the main thoroughfare through which passes all the traffic going south-west of London—but he cannot imagine how tbe person could get past the watchman. An extraordinary fact is that the lower portion pf the trunkIrom the ribs downwards has been removed. It is pronounced by the medical gentle- man to have belonged to a remarkably fine voune woman, and this at once gIVe", good grounds to the theory that it belonged to the body of rh,C\^ Th ™ 0UDd °D the llth u,t" Jn H a riarf 'TI. near Grosvenor-road, ITT fh-f PH! wi» be remembered that on that date the rif?ht arm a woman was discovered m the river, and upon Dr Neville having it submitted to him for inspection, he pronoun^d it to have belonged to a woman of f„ « m 25 to 30 ThU ,irab if to-dav'a Hi Witter for about three days, so that nf discovery be connected with it, the date q uiuer would be somewhere about the 8ch Ann o!n upon which day the body of ? .vhapuian was discovered in Hanbnry- Street, Whitechapel. Has the Pimlico mystery, i -nLauy con"6ction with the series of murders which have been perpetrated in Whitechapel? 8 Question naturally occurs when it is known that certain portions of the abdomen are missing; but there is also another theory equally well founded. It is that the young woman of whose body portions are now coming to light in such a mysterious manner has been the victim of an unlawful operation, and in order to conceal this tbe miscreant has removed that portion of the body vbich would almost undoubtedly have decided such a point. Perhaps, however, the scientific examina- tion may yet throw light upon this point. The Woman to whom the arm first discovered belonged must, it is believed, have been in a different Station of life to the Whitechapel victims, for the contour is that of a woman well nurtured. The shape of the whole limb and the delicacy of the hand clearly indicated this. Then, again, there is tbe discovery of a woman's arm in the grounds of the Blind Asylum in South London, which took place but a few days back, and about which the police authorities have been so reticent. Anyhow, it is suggestive that all the portions found were in a state which would fix the date of the murder asaboutSeptemberS h. So far this is practically the chief clue which the police have. Or Neville, the divisional police surgeon for Pimlico, who examined the arm found in the Thames on the llth September, has not yet been oalled to see the trunk of the woman tound to-day. He states that in his opinion the time which Dr Bond allows for the decease of this mutilated victim would agree with bis own conclusion that the wotpan, whoever she may be, bad been dead about the same period. The inhabitants of Westminster appeared to have only on Wednesday realised the horrihle nature of the crime exposed on Tuesday in their midst, and details of the ghastly discovery in Whitehall were discussed by everyone with horrified eagerness. The official investigation into the cause of the victim's death 'i was commenced at an early hour. Dr Bondt divisional police surgeon, and Dr Hibbert, his assistant, arrived at the c.artuary shortly after seven o'clock. The mortuary is temporarily placed at an untenanted shop and house, 20, Millbank-street, where the body had been placed in spirits. The doctors' examination of the trunk lasted for about an honr and a half, aud proved a most unpleasant task owing to the advanced state of decomposition of the flash. The de- tectives were also early ou the scene, and resumed their enquiries among workmen employed at the works where the discovery was made, It has been ascertained that the parcel containing the remains was not in the vault on Saturday, as several of the workmen had been ia the habit of using the cellar to conceal their tools, and it would have been noticed. A search was made on Wednesday in cellars and disused wells for any other portion of the remains, but without result. During the operations at the works ou Wed; nesday, and while the search was already going on. an alarming accident occurred. A crane and engine, weighing six or seven tons, fell from the scaff'ildiug, about óO feet high. The crash WM tremendous, and caused the greatest alarm, as it was known that many persons, including police* men, were in the vault beneath. Toose under- neath were terribly startled, and rushed out into the open air, but fortunately not one person was hurt, even the workmen on the scaffold escaping. The accident attracted a great crowd, and tpuch excitement was for a time visible. It if Understood that at the autopsy on tbe remains the medical men came to the conclusion that the arm which was washed up by the Thames, near Pimlico, and which had been conveyed tP Westminster mortuary from Eoury-gtreet, wherp it had been preserved, fl .ted accurately into the trunk found at Whitehall. It is also stated that the cord tied round the limb found in the river, and a portion of that which was used to tie up the parcel were similar. At the conclusion of the examination the clothipg was disinfected apd thoroughly inspected by the police, who state tbtft it was covered with maggots and vermin —adhering to one portion was found a pieoe of newspaper saturated with blood. It bo«# no date, but that can easily be ascertained. The dress stuff was found to be a rich flowered-sijji underskirt, which proves that the unfortunate victim was not one cf the poorer class of society. Nothing was discovered to indicate the cause of death, but the doctors are of opinion that the woman had beep murdered about three weeks* and the advanced state of decomposition was dufl to exposure. Tile doctors are preparing aq elaborate report of the whole case, which will be submitted at the inquest to be held at the sessions house, Westminster, on Monday next. -?,